30 Best Political Science Podcasts

1. Left, Right & Center

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Left, Right & Center is KCRW's weekly civilized yet provocative confrontation over politics, policy, and pop culture. Josh Barro, representing the Center, hosts a discussion of the week's news and issues with thought leaders on the Right and Left, and expert guests. In today's world, the lines between parties and ideologies seem distinct, but are they really? Hear how the other side thinks about the issues that matter most.MORE Producer/Network KCRW
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Facebook 211.2KTwitter 477.8KInstagram 184.1K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 51 min Since May 2020 Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Can He Do That?

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'Can He Do That?' is The Washington Post's politics podcast, exploring the powers and limitations of the American presidency, and what happens when they're tested. Led by host Allison Michaels, each episode asks a new question about this extraordinary moment in American history and answers with insight into how our government works, how to understand ongoing events, and the implications when branches of government collide.MORE Hosts Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin, James Hohmann
Producer/Network The Washington Post
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Twitter 5.3K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 47 min Since Jan 2017 Get Email Contact

3. New Books in Political Science

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Interviews with Political Scientists about their New Books. The New Books Network is a consortium of author-interview podcast channels dedicated to raising the level of public discourse via new mediaMORE Producer/Network New Books Network
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 6.2KTwitter 3.6K Frequency 6 ep/week Avg Length 59 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

4. Political Theory 101

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A podcast about political theory. Hosted by Political Theory 101.
Host Benjamin Studebaker
Producer/Network Political Theory 101
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Frequency 1 ep/month Avg Length 77 min Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

5. Ars Politica

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A podcast on political life, culture, and Christian political theory that seeks to revitalize the Christian West and restore the strength, dignity, and self-respect of European civilization among its remnant.MORE Producer/Network Stephen Wolfe
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Twitter 14.2K Frequency 2 ep/quarter Avg Length 51 min Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

6. Politics Theory Other

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A podcast on radical politics, critical theory, and history. Hosted by Alex Doherty.
Host Alex Doherty
Producer/Network Politics Theory Other
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 2.2KTwitter 16.6K Frequency 1 ep/day Avg Length 35 min Since Apr 2018 Get Email Contact

7. The Science of Politics

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The Niskanen Center's The Science of Politics podcast features up-and-coming researchers delivering fresh insights on the big trends driving American politics today. Get beyond punditry to a data-driven understanding of today's Washington with host and political scientist Matt Grossmann. Each 30-45-minute episode covers two new cutting-edge studies and interviews with two researchersMORE Producer/Network Niskanen Center
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 8.6KTwitter 30.2K Frequency 2 ep/month Avg Length 58 min Since Oct 2017 Get Email Contact

8. The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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David Axelrod, the founder and director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, and CNN bring you The Axe Files, a series of revealing interviews with key figures in the political world. Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.MORE Hosts David Axelrod, Hannah McDonald
Producer/Network The Institute of Politics & CNN
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Facebook 40.2MTwitter 63.1MInstagram 20.2M Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 63 min Get Email Contact

9. The Politics Lab

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Politics isn't always black and white. Dr. Bill Muck and Dr. Phil Barker, professors of political science and longtime friends, talk through the week's news and discuss how political science might help make sense of things. In The Politics Lab, we put politics under the microscopeMORE Producer/Network The Politics Lab
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 85Twitter 217Instagram 15 Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 54 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

10. Politics on the Couch

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Politics on the Couch looks at the way our minds respond to politics and the way politicians mess with our minds. In each episode award-winning political columnist Rafael Behr is joined by a distinguished expert drawn from the world of politics, psychology or philosophy. The show will appeal to any listener interested in taking a deep dive into how psychology drives everyone's political thought and behaviour.MORE Host Rafael Behr
Producer/Network Larchmont Productions
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 43Twitter 636 Frequency 6 ep/year Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact

11. Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

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Essential political news, analysis and history with veteran political analyst Ken Rudin.
Producer/Network Ken Rudin
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 3.1KTwitter 2.5K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 56 min Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

12. LSE IQ podcast

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LSE IQ is a monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science in which we ask some of the smartest social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. #LSEIQMORE Producer/Network London School of Economics and Political Science
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 748.7KTwitter 138KInstagram 455.5K Frequency 1 ep/month Avg Length 31 min Since Apr 2017 Get Email Contact

13. UCL Uncovering Politics

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The podcast of the School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Science at University College London. Through this podcast we plan to explore key themes of contemporary politics and spotlight some of the fantastic research that takes place within our department.MORE Host Alan Renwick
Producer/Network UCL Political Science
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 4.4KTwitter 10.2KInstagram 2.8K Frequency 3 ep/month Avg Length 37 min Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

14. Pekingology

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China has emerged as one of the 21st century's most consequential nations, making it more important than ever to understand how the country is governed. True to the name Pekingology, or the study of the political behavior of the People's Republic of China, this podcast aims to unpack the behavior of the Chinese Communist Party and implications these actions have within China and for U.S.-China relations. Jude Blanchette, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, is joined by various experts to analyze the activities of the Chinese governing system.MORE Host Jude Blanchette
Producer/Network Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Apple Rating 3.3/5Facebook 536.5KTwitter 414.5KInstagram 83.1K Frequency 3 ep/quarter Avg Length 42 min Get Email Contact

15. Social Media and Politics

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Social Media and Politics is a podcast bringing you innovative, first-hand insights into how social media is changing the political game. Subscribe for interviews and analysis with politicians, academics, and leading digital strategists to get their take on how social media influences the ways we engage with politics and democracy.MORE Host Michael Bossetta
Producer/Network Michael Bossetta
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 599Twitter 1.9K Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 49 min Since Oct 2016 Video Podcast YouTube
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16. The Political Theory Review

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The Political Theory Review holds Conversations with scholars on recent books in political theory and social and political philosophy.
Host Jeffrey Church
Producer/Network Jeffrey Church
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Frequency 1 ep/week Avg Length 72 min Since Apr 2017 Get Email Contact

17. UCL Political Science: Public Events

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Catch up with any event you have missed. The public event podcast series from UCL Political Science brings together the impressive range of policy makers, leading thinkers, practitioners, and academics who speak at our events.MORE Producer/Network UCL Political Science
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Facebook 247.2KTwitter 138.8KInstagram 237.6K Frequency 1 ep/year Avg Length 72 min Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

18. Agora Politics

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Agora Politics is dedicated to making sense out of our outdated theories of politics. The show features long-form interviews with academics, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and luminaries of all types, who are tuning in to the zeitgeist and attempting to synthesize stories of the past, with knowledge of the present, and visions of the future.Support withBTC: bc1qnn3epv055judkqyxyknvzs0us2ayr902gm5x3n ETH: 0x36470C0012486Af1C8Ec877b707Ec7b72f0f338bMORE Producer/Network Agora Politics
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Apple Rating 5/5 Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

19. Transformation of European Politics Podcast

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In this podcast series, I talk to other political scientists about one of their publications that can help us better understand the Transformation of European Politics in the past 20 years. We link these academic works to broader debates within political science but also try to show how they relate to current political developments.MORE Producer/Network Transformation of European Politics Podcast
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 21.5K Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

20. Red Library

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A podcast focused on creating engaging and accessible political education for today's Left. We read all those theory and politics books and teach them to you, the listener, so you don't have to. Then you take what you learn and put it into practice.MORE Producer/Network Red Library
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 424Twitter 860 Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

21. We Read Theory

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Mark and Alex take turns explaining famous works of Leftist political theory to each other and to their audience in simple, understandable terms.
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 441 Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

22. Good in Theory

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Good in Theory is a podcast about political philosophy and how it can help us understand the world today. Want to know what's in Plato's Republic or Hobbes's Leviathan but don't want to read them? This is your pod. I explain my favorite books in political theory in enough detail that you'll feel like you read them yourself. Deep but not heavy. No experience needed.MORE Host Clif Mark
Producer/Network Clif Mark
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 362Twitter 674Instagram 564 Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

23. Mind of State

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Mind of State is a podcast where politics and psychology meet. Each episode features lively commentary on current events, policymakers, and the body politic, and how we have arrived at this moment, as observed through both a political and psychological lens. We explore how 'mind' impacts 'state' and vice versa. Tune in, as co-hosts Betty Teng and Jonathan Kopp engage in nuanced conversation with experts from the worlds of politics and psychology as well as others from related fields who have studied the complex dynamics between individual/group psychology and political processesMORE Producer/Network Mind of State Media, LLC
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 159Twitter 236Instagram 131 Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

24. Madness: the Podcast.

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Dr. Steven Reisner shares his perspectives on current events, society and politics through the lens of his extensive career as a psychoanalyst, activist, and educator.
Producer/Network Steven Reisner
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 403Twitter 1.5K Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

25. Pretty Fly for a Poli-Sci

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All things politics, culture, and political science.
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Apple Rating 3/5 Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

26. Engagement Edge

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Keeping your advocates and PAC contributors engaged and motivated isn't easy. Join national PAC and grassroots influence expert, author, and consultant, Amy Showalter, as she shares evidence-based best practices for improving your grassroots and PAC productivity and results.MORE Producer/Network Amy Showalter
Apple Rating 5/5 Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

27. Hot Politics Lab

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The Hot Politics Lab is an interdisciplinary research group combining experiments, physiological measurement and automated text analysis to analyze the role of emotions, personality and language in politics. We analyze topics such as populism, persuasion and party strategies.We currently host one virtual meeting each Friday where we speak to one or more experts from political psychology to discuss all things related to our Lab topics, and make them available via this podcast.MORE Email ****@uva.nl
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28. The Bismarck's Center For Political Analysis

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Hello, my name Aussm Von Bismarck, I have a degree in Political Science and History. I've worked in American politics and have a passion for helping others understand our complex process. Let's talk about how American politics works. I want to help my fellow citizens learn about our democracy so that way we can become better citizens and have a healthier democracy.MORE Producer/Network The Bismarck Center For Political Analysis
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29. Oxford Political Review Podcast

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Interview series by the team at the Oxford Political Review with guests ranging from political theorists, journalists, social scientists, politicians, and more. The Oxford Political Review is an Oxford-based publication focusing on current affairs, political theory, and international relations.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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30. Democrats On The Couch

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Democrats On the Couch brings sense and sanity to Democrats and their strategy. Host Michelle Deen, a family therapist turned political strategist, offers an outside-the-Beltway perspective--and solution--to D.C. dysfunction. Applying psychological insights to help Democrats take charge of the fate of our nation, Season 1 covers: 1) How to manage the pathological manipulations of Donald Trump and the Republican Party; and 2) How Democrats can get a handle on their own self-defeating behaviors that bring loss after loss in 'should've won' elections.MORE Producer/Network Michelle Deen
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Apple Rating 1/5 Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact